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Starting a new thread for official news on congressional or special prosecutor actions re: the Russia investigation. The Russia thread will continue for the unofficial pieces that drip out from time to time (if they continue). News regarding Flynn might start going in here, not sure.

Did the White House ever release a statement in regards to American citizens being attacked by Turkish security?

"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts

“So there are five of them taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right?” he said at another rally in Iowa, though it was three former Clinton staff members who pleaded the Fifth. “The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”

TRUMP: That was more than a mistake. That was done purposely. OK? That was not a mistake. That was done purposely. When you have your staff taking the Fifth Amendment, taking the Fifth so they're not prosecuted, when you have the man that set up the illegal server taking the Fifth, I think it's disgraceful. And believe me, this country thinks it's -- really thinks it's disgraceful, also.

I don't expect a killshot. My expectation is Comey will confirm he felt Trump tried to influence him, perhaps the investigation as a whole and that's it. And maybe some hints of further questionable actions are in his notes.

Mr. Flynn initially refused to cooperate with a Senate subpoena, claiming his constitutional right against self incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. The committee then subpoenaed Mr. Flynn’s records from two of his businesses, which cannot be shielded by the Fifth Amendment.

Mr. Flynn’s attorneys informed the committee on Tuesday in a letter that they would start to produce records responsive to the Senate committee’s subpoenas

One of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign.

Cohen confirmed to ABC News that House and Senate investigators have asked him “to provide information and testimony” about any contacts he had with people connected to the Russian government, but he said he has turned down the invitation.

“I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered,” Cohen told ABC News in an email Tuesday.

None of these witnesses invoked executive privilege or national security. They just didn’t want to answer. King finally blew up, scolding Rogers that what he “feels” isn’t relevant. He demanded to know why Rogers and Coats were not answering. He demanded a “legal justification” for not answering, and the witnesses did not supply any. Coats strongly hinted he would share information, just not in public, and that he would cooperate with the special prosecutor.

My reading of the tea leaves is that they have nothing substantive to say about laws being broken, but perhaps more testimony that makes Trump and his staff look like muppets, as in the Comey statement.

Perhaps they feel it is not in the national interest to make the president in to even more of laughing stock.